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While Sophia Thomas loved keeping lists on her computer, there was nothing quite like having something tangible between her fingers when it came to shopping.

Generally, she used a special notepad her mother had given her, back when she'd first moved out of the house, for all of her grocery shopping needs. The list was a cheerful bright purple, organized by different categories with perfectly shaped little checkboxes by each one, to tick off when she needed something for her cabinets and fridge back at the apartment.

Today, however, there was no need for groceries.

She'd gone on the school's website and pulled each teacher's syllabus from their individual links, collecting the names and editions of each book she needed for her courses. Once again, she may have overdone it on the class count... but a few extra electives would surely help pad her transcript when it came time for her to apply for medical school, right?

The list of book titles had been carefully penned onto a sheet of notebook paper, the piece folded meticulously and pinched tightly between her fingers as she started roaming the shelves of the local bookstore a few blocks away from the University. She'd heard that they had a reputation for selling used versions of books and, well... when one took as many courses at school that Sophia Thomas did, one could always use a break when it came to paying for the schoolbooks.

Wrinkling her nose, eyes narrowed as she scanned the shelves - they'd already seemed to have been combed over once or twice, but surely she had to find something!

It took Sophie a moment to even realize she was being addressed as eyes continued to scan the shelves in search of Discrete Mathematics With Graph Theory. Fingers paused in their casual strumming across the hardbound covers as her head turned, eyes widening slightly as she noticed another girl in the nearby vicinity. As they were the only one in that particular aisle, Sophie put two and two together to figure out that it was her being asked the question.

"O-Oh! Umm... not unless you're looking for specialty things, it seems."

A frown tugged on the corners of her mouth as her head tilted, the purple haired girl doing her best to casually glance over the other woman without being too apparent. She, like Sophie, appeared to be there looking for books... and judging by the shelves and the lack of books in her arms, was struggling too.

"Are you looking for a math book? Maybe I've come across it already - do you know the title?"

The amethyst haired girl waited patiently for the other young woman to scroll through her phone, no doubt someone else clever enough to make notations for reference to look back on. While Sophie couldn't help but pine for the smell of paper and freshly sharpened pencils, it was far more practical to use modern technology to keep up to date with things.

Which, from the sound of things, was exactly what she needed - most of the newer books had online accessories and versions and the nerdy college student couldn't blame the stranger for wanting all the information at her fingertips.

"Oh, I... I'm pretty sure you have to get new ones to get the codes." Her own voice sounded a little disheartened, knowing she hadn't been very much help at all to the other girl. "But I think you can order the book at the desk, if they don't have one on the shelf?"

Trying to perk her spirits up, Sophie beckoned the other girl over with one hand as she made her way towards the cashier's station. "I'm Sophie, by the way! Are you new to DCU?"